Re: Mitch Mcconnell says republicans will drop Donald Trump like a hot rock if he win
The cost of illegal immigration. That's the reason for asking for papers. By estimates over 110 billion per year on the local, state and federal levels.//http://www.fairus.org/publications/the-fiscal-burden-of-illegal-immigration-on-united-states-taxpayers
Where exactly in The Constitution is there a requirement for government to provide free housing, education and shelter? Yet, American government does. Even to undocumenteds.
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Myth # 4: They take American jobs
The American economy needs immigrant workers.
The belief that immigrants take jobs that can otherwise be filled by hard-working Americans has been disputed by an overwhelming number of economic research studies and data. R
emoving the approximately 8 million unauthorized workers in the United States would not automatically create 8 million job openings for unemployed Americans, said Daniel Griswold,
director of the Cato Institute's Center for Trade Policy Studies, in his 2011 testimony before the House Judiciary Sub-committee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
The reason, according to the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is two-fold.
For one, removing millions of undocumented workers from the economy would also remove millions of entrepreneurs, consumers and taxpayers. The economy would actually lose jobs. Second, native-born workers and immigrant workers tend to possess different skills that often complement one another.
Myth # 5: It's just a matter of following the law
Many Americans want immigrants to enter the country legally.
But under current immigration laws, there are very few options for legal immigration, the costs are increasingly prohibitive and the wait for any kind of status can be long and frustrating. According to the State Department, that imaginary "immigration line" is already 4.4 million people long and depending on the type of visa sought and the country of origin, the wait can be years to decades long. In some countries, such as the Philippines and Mexico people have been waiting over 20 years for approval of a family-sponsored visa.
Immigrants can legally get to the U.S by being sponsored by an employer or a family member, they can enter the country as refugees, or they could receive one of the selectively distributed professional or diversity visas. The Diversity Visa Program makes 55,000 green cards available to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the U.S. According to the State Department, the fees to obtain permanent U.S. visas can range from $200 to over $700, excluding legal fees. Plus, there are visa quotas which limits immigration from any given country.
In many poor, violence-ridden countries, or in cases where parents are separated from their children, immigrants say the wait is unbearable, leaving many to resort to illegal border crossing. That journey can be expensive and deadly. Smugglers charge anywhere from $3000 to upwards of $70,000 depending on country of origin, mode of transport and distance travelled according to the Mexican Migration Project, a multidisciplinary research effort between investigators in Mexico and the U.S. Many don't make it. According to federal records, more than 6,000 immigrants have died crossing the southern border since 1998.
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On a final note, it took 25 years for my wife's brothers to immigrate here. She came here as an illegal back in 1981, and became a citizen under the Reagan amnesty...and she's been a business owner providing jobs for Americans for 16 years. In other words, I know the immigrant community, both legal and illegal (and I worked for Immigration for a while, too)...and as you can see above from your OWN best-and-brightest organizations - the Cato Institute and the Chamber of Commerce - we need them at least as much as they need us.
